Meet Joe Black is the first one of these I remember. Most memorable thing about the movie, which isn't saying much, but it was a pretty memorable moment. Also he liked peanut butter.
I remember a moment, too, in Erin Brokovich where Julia Roberts got in a car, drove off and got plowed into all in one shot.
These kind of things were startlingly impressive back in the day, but they've definitely lost their impact.
Equal to this is the "shot in a car where the characters get t-boned" scene. Oddly, the first one of those I remember is from another JJ show: Alias.
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Pre-purchased Dead Island on PC - got it for $15 at GMG using a sale and store credit. And just purchase both the original Dragons Dogma for $19 on Amazon and the Dark Arisen. Did always want to get the DD games just never got around to it so nows the perfect time.
From what I read dark arise is a standalone that includes the original game so I think you don't need to buy that separately?
You know, if you guys weren't so dickishly passive aggressive about linking the front page and were instead actually proactive in posting it in threads, maybe people here would give a shit.
Maybe not the kindest or most gracious way to say it, but, you know, Engine's not entirely wrong.
Picked up Lego City 3DS yesterday. It really feels weak in comparison, but I'll play through the story at least to see what happened before the Wii U game.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine was looking interesting, IIRC.
I seem to remember buzz being that Star Trek was going to be better than the average movie tie-in, but nothing I've seen lately has made me think that.
EDIT: I was thinking of this game which does have an iOS version coming, supposedly. I can't get the video to work where I am, so I can't tell if it's the same game.
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One of the two confirmed dead was an 8 year old boy.
What the FUCK is wrong with people these days?? It's all so frustrating and depressing...
You could think of it like that. Or you could think of it like 'within 60 seconds of the explosions, there were police and Guardsmen and civilians pulling down barricades, and using belts to improvise tourniquets, and reacting so quickly and skillfully that even with a ghastly event like this, only 2 people (so far) have died.' They did that after 2 blasts, so they must have known, on some level, that another blast was possible, but they did it anyway. I don't think we're in a world where we just happen to have a high percentage of our good guys happen to stand around when this stuff happens - I think a damn high percentage of people are, when it comes down to it, selfless and well-meaning - I'll take that against bemoaning the one in a million people who are really, truly, maliciously insane.
I always think of the quote attributed to Mr. Rogers:
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”
Patton Oswalt said basically the same thing in the quote DarkEL posted.
Who'd have thought that Patton Oswalt and Fred Rogers have a similar world view.
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I finished the story last week at just barely over 50%, and I guess I would say that the story lasted longer than I expected. That may be because I saw how many chapters there were online while I was still in the middle and kept expecting it to be nearly over from then on. Plus I spent a lot of time doing extra things during that first run through, when I could have probably done it much quicker ignoring all of that and only doing the secrets on a second run through.
I also spent another several hours getting somewhere close to 65% (my game locked up again the last time I played so I'm not sure). There is definitely a ton of additional play time for those that want it, but I don't know that I'll be going back.
I've been dying to get back into it, but I just haven't had time. There's so much to explore, so much to unlock... Man, I wish I could squeeze a few hours into my schedule.
I messed around quite a bit (though not 50%, clearly). Having played the last two Harry Potter games, LOTR, and the two DC games, this definitely felt shorter story-wise. Much more massive, city-wise, though.
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Do you ever get the ability to jump higher? I see lots of blocks that I probably COULD get to if I wanted to work for it but I’ve held off because it seems like something that might happen soon.
Yes, in a sense. More specifically (mild spoiler):
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Eventually you find a jetpack for the astronaut that gives you a limited hover ability, but it also gives you an initial boost of extra height. It's not quite a double jump, but there are definitely spots where you'll need it when collecting.
I finished the story missions today (which leaves me at something like 35% finished).
The story seemed a lot shorter than I expected, given the size of the game as a whole. Of course, the vast amount of things to do in the game means there's still an epic amount of playtime left (and may have something to do with the shortness of the story), so I'm not really complaining, I was just surprised.
It was a pretty good ending, too. Shades of Bioshock in the mix, even.
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"Your 'monument' was just an apartment complex with a shopping mall!"
You know, I thought this was for iOS (which is what Out of This World came out for). Having a physical controller could make all the difference. That said, the video makes it seem a little BTDT and not at all Flashback.
You might add a little something about DeWitt getting nosebleeds as he suppressed the memory of giving away his daughter.
Post Credits:
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I also took it as uplifting (it's very reminiscent of the end of Monsters, Inc where Sully opens the door and Boo says, "Kitty!"), but it may also be a set up for a sequel (or DLC). I much prefer the former, so I'm thinking of it that way for now.
As for how it happened, there could be a version of DeWitt that never even went to get baptised. Didn't even go to the river, which maybe kept him safe from that particular elimination.
Or it could just be that, despite Elizabeth's efforts (or the Lutece's, I suppose, since they seem to be the masterminds of this plot, really), the worlds need a DeWitt and/or an Elizabeth/Anna. Of course, that could make the ending less uplifting.
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Sorry for the double post CVG lists all that is currently known and its a decently sized list
some spoilers in this list
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-Origins takes place on Christmas Eve early in Batman's career, before the events of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. The tale is inspired by Batman: Year One and Legends of the Dark Knight.
-Supervillain Black Mask places a hit on Batman's head, offering a fortune to whoever can off the caped crusader. Assassins and supervillains from across the DC Universe come to Gotham to take their shot at Batman.
-Batman must take on all comers, solve the mystery of why Black Mask wants him dead, and prove to the GCPD that he's on their side.
-Warner Bros. Montreal used Batman Arkham City Armored Edition for the Wii U to familiarise itself with Rocksteady's codebase.
-Eric Holmes, who served as lead designer of The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and has experience writing Transformers:Megatron Origins for IDW, was selected to drive the creative vision. He also worked at Epic Games, and so is familiar with the Unreal Engine.
-Rocksteady offered guidance on tech, mechanics and engine, but WB Montreal was left to handle story entirely Going with a younger Batman lets the developer "refresh characters, refresh ideas, refresh the dynamic between Batman and other characters, and refresh the world"
-Batman isn't the character fans know yet
-GameInformer's demo starts about an hour into the game, with Batman perched on Jezebel Plaza watch an arms deal.
-Gotham is blanketed by snow and Christmas lights decorate the city. It's Christmas eve.
-Black Mask's assassins have stirred up criminal activity
-"Old Gotham" hasn't been turned into an urban prison yet
-The most obvious difference cited between the two period is Amusement Mile, which hasn't flooded yet
-Batman is trying to figure out why Black Mask wants him dead, and is aiming to use Penguin to get information
-WB Montreal hasn't tinkered with the free-flow combat: "If it's not broken, don't fix it" says senior producer Ben Mattes. It has, however, introduced "new layers, new opportunities, and new tactics"
-New enemy types will force Batman to use new moves
-Batman hasn't honed his skills yet, so his interrogation ends with an unconscious thug. Batman is still unrefined and sometimes pushes things too far.
-Batman scans the thugs phone to get the information he needs
-He summons Batwing to get to the northeast coast, where Penguin's base of operations is. Players don't pilot Batwing directly, but it is part of the story sequences and a form of fast travel.
-Glides, ledge takedowns and sleeper holds are back
-Inside Final Offer, an old ship The Penguin has taken over, Batman uses his predator mode.
-Batman can swing from perches and do upside down strikes, like in previous games.
-A new gadget, the Remote Claw, functions much like the grappler in Just Cause 2. Batman can target two objects and pull them together. It can be used to knock enemies together, launch objects at enemies or string up enemies. An example combat situation involves stringing an explosive barrel to a perch, luring enemies over, then cutting the rope using a batarang.
-Batman eventually find Penguin talking to a tied up Alberto Falcone, trying to convince him to leave the weapons business, he agrees to tell his father.
-Batman enters and fights Penguin, before interrogating him by lifting him up and smashing into a mirror. Before he can get the information out of him a grapple claw latches onto his ankle and pulls him out of the room. Batman's tries to get a hold of a door frame, but his arm is stomped on. The mysterious assailant is revealed to be Deathstroke.
-WB Montreal wants to tell a story "within the detective environment", it mentioned BBC series Sherlock as an inspiration
-In a later segment Batman is in a room and uses his first-person detective vision to figure out the events that occurred in it. Bullet paths and holograms act out his theories as he mutters information and scans points of interest.
-The Batcomputer in the cave runs simulations, players can watch these as much as they want from multiple angles, in slow motion, pause and scrub it. They must find clues to further the investigation
-Small and large cases are spread out over Gotham City, they serve to provide a break from combat scenarios
-Old Gotham district is only half of the game world, another area called New Gotham also exists. It doubles the size of the game world in Arkham City.
-To access content in the city players must dismantle the hacked tower network. These tower emit a jamming signal that stops Batwing from flying there and prevents sensors from placing points of interest. They're likened to Far Cry 3's towers.
-Dynamic events dubbed "Crime in Progress" occur in the city. The example given is of saving cops from a group of thugs, or stopped a snitch from being thrown off a roof. Completing these impact Batman's notoriety.
-A "Most Wanted System" lets players pursue villains outside of the core assassin story
-The Dark Knight system offers tasks that escalate in difficulty. They're not tutorials, but do train players to be better at combat and stealth. Completing challenges grants XP or upgrades for a particular skillset. The system doesn't replace Challenge mode, which will be included "in one form
Bit gutted that The Penguin is back,i hated his voice in the second game,i mean it really grated on me
So I have been thinking about the ending, and while I get what is supposed to be happening in the end, I don't understand how the actions in the end accomplish this.
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What benefit is there to killing the Booker whose point of view we have? He has already passed the decision point. Killing him changes nothing with regards to Comstock. You would have to kill the 20-something-year old Booker.
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Using a Tear, Elizabeth brought him back to his 20-something self just before the baptism and drowned him there. They establish that when Elizabeth creates tears, she doesn't just go through, she changes everything and combines worlds, as evidenced by the people you killed going crazy after you go through a tear.
Also evidenced by Booker gaining dead Rebel Booker's memories in the alternate timeline.
Because you just killed comstock, this has a similar effect.
Anyone else really like how they just let the final airship battle be the final battle, and didn't try to spoil everything with a cheesy final boss like Bioshock 1, and so many other shooters?
After such an intense fight, you basically get a have a wonderful endgame sequence.
Here's the other part that was gnawing at me last night. I'm sure there's an logical explanation that I'm just missing:
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Booker kills Comstock by bashing his head against the fountain. In doing so, he's basically killing...himself. Seems that would cause at least a minor paradox/ripple/confusion, but they seemed to jump right on past it. The only thing I can figure is that since the Booker that kills Comstock is from a alternate reality, it doesn't have any effect in this one. But that just seems...off, somehow. With all the dimension jumping, wouldn't killing yourself have at least some sort of an effect?
Maybe I'm just overthinking it...
I thought you might be right about this, but thinking a bit further...
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The soldiers and such that were killed in the game were normal when Booker and Elizabeth met them in the next dimension, but were in a twisted state when they returned to them, IIRC. This might be how Booker avoided being affected by the prophet's death. Also, storytelling.
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Actually, AA's great summary above points out another likely reason, if Elizabeth is really meshing the two worlds together. That didn't happen at the point where Comstock got his head bashed in. OTOH, wouldn't that lead to the various DeWitts having issues each time she brought worlds together in the story?
And, Teggy, yes. Big thumbs up on the "non-traditional" ending stuff, though it really should be traditional because, you know:
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storytelling
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Speaking of the Lutece siblings:
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I kept waiting for an explanation that they are, in fact, the same person. IIRC, most of the vox tapes referenced only one of them for a long time. I'm missing 3 tapes, so it's entirely possible that I missed it.
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I believe the missing tapes you are looking for are in the Lutece Lab. If I recall there were two there. One explains what the Luteces are and the other explains a bit more about the relationship between Sir and Lady Comstock. The lab is more or less across the road from the graveyard.
I thought I found a couple in there. Maybe I still missed some, though.
Create folders to more easily manage your favorite application icons on the home screen, with up to 10 icons in each folder and a maximum of 100 on the home screen (including icons inside the folders).
now I can tidy up all those icons that I have no use for but the system won't let me delete.
Folders are great, but I'm actually more excited about this:
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Verify which PS Vita card you are using by looking at the home screen’s info bar. You can also save the layout of your home screen icons in the memory card.
Once you start using more than one memory card, it currently resets your icon settings every time you put the card back in. Now if only they would cut down the time it takes to reload a new memory card.
Reading through some old comments, I wanted to address this:
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So I have more questions…
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How come Comstock is so old if he’s a version of Booker in 1912? Shouldn’t he have been 38 too? Was he aged due to the portals?
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Best theory I read is that using the rifts has prematurely aged him as well as made him sterile.
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However, that does not explain all of the aging. The reality is, the game definitely has an element of time travel through tears, considering the songs and locations found through them are definitely in the future, not to mention that an older version of Elizabeth summons you from the future to send you back to save a version of her past self.
It's best not to overthink things and just remember, tears are magic that can take you anywhere in time and space.
It's funny how people coming up with some explanations forget the whole fact that there was time travel.
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Actually, it's not just an external theory. One of the Vox Tapes has Lady Lutece explaining this exact thing. Comstock in their world has aged unusually fast.
Speaking of the Lutece siblings:
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I kept waiting for an explanation that they are, in fact, the same person. IIRC, most of the vox tapes referenced only one of them for a long time. I'm missing 3 tapes, so it's entirely possible that I missed it.
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You referred to it as a failure and a disaster when it absolutely has already not been so. It is a small console that was not made to compete with the big consoles that has already sold successfully and has potential to sell more. It promises a certain level of gaming, and is clearly already able to deliver on that.
Now we have to see if it'll sell. As I mentioned before, there's every possibility that the response in the marketplace will be a big meh. Much like the OnLive console experienced. However, even at this point, terms like "disaster" and "spectacular failure" don't apply.
*sigh*
Am I not making myself clear here? I'm not talking about a disaster in sales. I'm talking about the Ouya being a disaster in itself. Early reviews are absolutely scathing, reinforcing my point. As mentioned yesterday, it's too soon for me to say "told you so" (the early units may not be fully representative of the final product after all), but I sure as hell am going to say it within the near future. There's not a snowball's chance in hell that the Ouya's launch will be received well by the press or the public.
*sigh*
You were continually referring to the Ouya as a failure at various stages where it was not so. It has succeeded already in ways that other consoles have not.
Additionally, you seem to have this little device writ large in your brain, but for most of us, if it doesn't succeed, we'll just shrug and move on. That, by definition, means it won't be a spectacular failure or a disaster.
You also seem to think that everyone else has been saying it will be some massive success, when that has never been the case. I certainly have never been convinced it would succeed, though I hoped it would.
Basically, you're in a room full of people who are either indifferent or already thinking it probably won't amount to much and crowing loudly how you were the only one.
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I'm just waiting for the right moment to say "told you so", but we're not quite there yet. Soon.
You were still wrong, so you don't have that right.
You kept referring to it as a disaster and a failure based on the Kickstarter, which was actually quite successful, and the potential for what the unit promised, which is still pretty good. No one has said it is guaranteed for success once it reaches the marketplace because a new console is always a risky venture.
I've never referred to the Kickstarter itself as a disaster, for obvious reasons. It's the results of that Kickstarter and the travesty that the public let itself be duped that I've protested against, often and loudly. I will continue doing so. The Ouya as a product has been a miserable failure from the moment the creators came up with the idea. It's just taking time for people to notice, and in the meantime they were given the opportunity to pay in advance for it. This is the kind of thing that will hurt Kickstarter in the end, and I hate the Ouya for it.
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Oh boy, another Ouya-like disaster. This won't be pretty.
In the Nvidia console thread, you referred to it as a disaster based on "Kickstarter alone" talking about how the people involved were inexperienced, which Ridah points out is not the case, and how no one is going to sell it, while it turns out that Amazon, BestBuy and Gamestop are all selling it.
You referred to it as a failure and a disaster when it absolutely has already not been so. It is a small console that was not made to compete with the big consoles that has already sold successfully and has potential to sell more. It promises a certain level of gaming, and is clearly already able to deliver on that.
Now we have to see if it'll sell. As I mentioned before, there's every possibility that the response in the marketplace will be a big meh. Much like the OnLive console experienced. However, even at this point, terms like "disaster" and "spectacular failure" don't apply.
I'm just waiting for the right moment to say "told you so", but we're not quite there yet. Soon.
You were still wrong, so you don't have that right.
You kept referring to it as a disaster and a failure based on the Kickstarter, which was actually quite successful, and the potential for what the unit promised, which is still pretty good. No one has said it is guaranteed for success once it reaches the marketplace because a new console is always a risky venture.
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I actually prefer the chin strap, though I would make it blue.
I hate the one piece form-fitted helmet with the indented spray painted stencil wings.
I could see that work, but the wings are stenciled on in either version. kinda glad they are though since I'm thinking the wings from the comics would look kinda cheesy.
The stenciling works in WWII, though. Also, the new one is indented, like the stencils were left on the helmet and then padding was built around it.
When the single biggest complaint about a game is that you wish it was longer, that’s usually high praise. I beat Guacamelee in five and a half hours, though with only a 70% completion rating. Cleaning up the map may take another couple of hours, but don’t go in expecting much more than eight hours, tops. Either way, I could have spent twice that much time in a game twice as big and still been hungry for more. An unlockable hard difficulty mode and co-op change the experience enough to give you reasons to return once you’re done, at least. It’s a game that doesn’t hit you hard in the wallet or on the clock, but one that still thoroughly impresses.
THE VERDICT
Guacamelee isn’t only pretty to look at, it’s also a hell of a lot of fun to play. Its Metroidvania inspiration is undoubtedly strong, and yet it does so much to help it stand apart, not the least of which by providing gamers with a deceivingly deep combat system and a two-world polarity system that simply makes the experience more dynamic.
Sure, Guacamelee may be short – too short, in fact – but this gripe is, in the end, a compliment to its quality. It left me wanting more. Guacamelee is one of Vita’s best games, a top echelon PSN game for PS3, and DrinkBox Studios’ best effort to date. More, please.
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so I'm not sure). There is definitely a ton of additional play time for those that want it, but I don't know that I'll be going back.
